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GOVERNOR SBROUL AT ASSEMBLY
21 LOSE CITY HALL
Liberty Bonds Will Come
Back to Par, Says Norris
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Them for Rise
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!LL BACK SPROUL, ,
MOORE ANNOUNCES
TO PRESBYTERIANS
STORES DEMAND
OBS IN SHAKE-UP
PRIE-UTIG
Mayor Informs Commissioners
Ho Is Not a Candidate g0os
Only as Delegate
DR. M'COLL PAYS' A HIGH
TRIBUTE TO CITY EXECUTIVE
Governor Welcomes Churchmen
to 132d Session of General
Assembly at Academy
President's Pnstor Here
The Rev. Dr. Wallace Radcllffu.
ntor of tlio New York Avenue
Church. Washington, which Presi
dent Wilson attends, is present at
he Presbyterian General Assembly
here? No is n former moderator.
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Mayor Jioorc, uuuri-nniuK "' "
Ge'ncral Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church in the U. S. A. at the Academy
of Music, announced thlH morning that
ho would support Governor Sproul for
the Republican presidential nomlna-
1IOBoth the Mayor and tho Governor
iddmwd tho 1000 commissioners of tho
rrcsbytcrian Church, who filled the
lower floor of tho Academy nt the be
ilnnlnB of thn second day of tho ns
iemblr. Both speakers stressed the
need of Christianity in politics and the
economic life of the notion.
Tho Rev. Dr. Alexander MacColl.
minister of tho Second PrcJbytcrinn
Church. Introduced the spenhw-s. The
Rev. Dr. Snmucl S, Palmer. Broad
Street Church. Columbus, O., the new
moderator of the assembly, presided at
tho meeting.
Pays Tribute to Mayor
In introducing Mr. Moore, Doctor
MicColl paid him a high tribute, and
po)ce of hira as a man lit to guide the
destinies of tho nation.
"In view of the fact that mention has
leen made of politics," said the
Mayor, "and that I have been men
tioned as a presidential possibility. I
Tilth to say that I am going to the
convention as a delegate, not u candl-
"I want to say also that I intend
to support a Pennsylvania candidate,
who has mado an admirable presidential
ipeech." The Mayor referred to Gov
ernor Sproul, who had preceded him in
addressing the assembly.
Mayor Moore spoke of his own Pres
byterian blood, inherited from his
mother, and of tho Quaker strain from
his father. Tho 'Governor had told
Ike assembly that he, too, had mixed
Quaker and Presbyterian uiooa, ins
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U14 IMUUitil at fnnvii m ,
"I nm to toe onir a aciccaio to ino
jilional convention," said tho Mayor,
MDinngiyf out it uovernor npruui cuu
beat me on the qualifications 'of dc?
tcent he has another guess." .,
Pleas for Civic Dectncy
The Mayor made n strofag plea for
civic decency. "Wo have gone through
a remarkable experience here In Phila
delphia," ho said. "We have seen
jood men como forward to fight for
lood government, only to slide back
u&ln into innctivitv. What eood Gov
ernment rcnulrcs is defenders who will
ttand btauncli and true for their civic
beliefs.
"It is the duty of the city adminis
tration to keep unceasingly on the iob
in order that tho political devil shall
not get in iiis. dirty wr.
"Jt cannot be said tnat our auccs
lers resorted to tho gunman tactics that
dlicrare us todar. They laid the
foundations of our government, acknowl -
Wffil tho bcit that tho world lins been.
little dreaming of some of the things
mat have happened today.
"Wo are trying to do right here in
Philadelphia, and wo will succeed In
doing right If tho good citizens will
fland by us. I cannot make men good
oy law, but I can enforce, the law.
Mnrni' Afnnm nfnitAil in .Tniin
jVanamnkcr as an example of the fear
lf8 and sturdy ,typo of Presbyterian
uu.u nan BtrucK n real mow against
toe evil forces in government.
Stresses Duty to State
"In .his boyhood." said Mr. Moore.
y C31UUHSIIPH 1HHI1HUJ l MUrCIl, WU1CU
tanas a monument to his uehicve-
Bents for mnnblnil
"Those of you so influential in the
Jresbytcrlan Church must not swerve
njm your duty to the state. You can
i'0t work out all the laws, but you cau
lp with your moral support to obtalu
wii mwa tnr flin Vfinulilfn
"IP. .."1 ". . " ." . . .
" iiuiBt always near in mind,
'HOUKh. that ton inimli low innkoti fnr
'"iitempt of the law, and too many com-
"iuus nmuc too big n burden on the
'Jfly politic. We must depend more on
e teachings of Jesus Christ."
uOVemor Stirnnl ini,iiillimi,tiMl Hi..
JMembly on what Prcsbyterlons hud
done for the nation in history.
I trust the spirit of devotion mid
tiimon vlilch has characterized our
Pjople," said the Governor, "muy now
?,' hulwajk to tho country in Its
time of need.
"People Klghl at Heart"
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Id. ii " oumi: mnii nnii suy inni
u ?ol1,f,n rll,( is no 'owr in force in
l-Vl"'1' "ml thutJhe plan of salva
B Is destroyed. Tills is not true. I
itL. fP'y tlint our people ure right
duty aD ,lly nce'1 t0 bo bhown thcir
tbIpI. . jmc? ,v,, nrn raising their
of rlIlay. in Po'nplaiut remind me
crickets in u thicket. They make
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Z:TC- . Tl,c rcat b0lly f he
titutlon.0 ,f Tm "Pi"''""'- The In
"tutlonj of tho country have stood
'";,t or time.
foraHi"i ,yiOU Ffcbytcrlans will go
Situt ,B,.,,,s, ?i 5;ou Iluvc KOnp- n
Se U"?ll.,t0 ,0,,y ,,f Christian
he nViii? ,1?'1 t0 Protcct mill preserve
Institutions our forefathers cstub-
I read Dm c..i. - .,
or Knil. i''"1" ui jmir rem--Mltlfi
Th . lnJ(,ct,on f religion into
"Id. Ti,, ' . " , "vvcl utT tiling
Wat J ,!.f,p ,m' ,fpw worlliler ,-ervlccH
f !.., render tho Gieat Muster
""illnufU Br, Kh, column One
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Ilev. Dr. Henry C. Swcaringen, of St. Paul (left), grcctsstate execu
tive at tlio 132d annual meeting of tlio Presbyterians now In session nt
tlio ycadcmy of Music. Governor Sproul welcomed tlio commissioners in
tho namo of Pennsylvania
CALL FOR ACTION
With Vare Interference Ended by
Voters Big City Projects
to Be Pushed
BRIDGE PLANS DISCUSSED
Mayor Moore today issued a ring
ing call for uction.
With the primary election n thing of
the past, with the administration ab
solutely intrenched and interference
from the Vnre political machine ter
minated, the Mayor turned his attention
to public improvements.
Karly this morning the Mayor sum
moned his directors and many bureau
chiefs to various conferences. He mndc
it plain to them that petty politics must
be abandoned and that the full force of
the administration must be thrown into
public improvements.
The Delaware bridgc.in dry dock, ade
quate transit facilities, u convention
hall, n building for the Free library,
the Art Museum, extension of the water
supply, sewers, pnvlng and home con
struction were discussed. Numerous
ISSUED BY MAYOR
father having been a ProsbytMlaft.ayiU.nCditft0.futui..ti .further the projects.
comi-renecs win ue caiicu in me mi-
andpmakwWCMifrrtTftnutjIafjirrang
incuts lor city improvements.
0 Hampered by lack of funds
"I nm glad to join in n ringing call
for action," said the Mayor. "Ve have
hnd a hard time getting down to big
things, owing to political interference,
nnd we nre not yet out of the woods
becuusc of financial conditions. We
have taken up a number of projects nnd
expect to tnko up more.
"This morning we discussed the Dela
ware bridge situation with members of
Council. With n view of getting fur
ther mid more detluitc action we wanted
to take up the question with Governor
Sproul, but he left tho city before we
could get into touch with him. A con
ference will be called soon when we
shall get down to action with the Gov
ernor. "Ever nnd always it must be remem
bered that wn nre hnril-pressed for
funds nud are working under a pay-ns-jdu-.go
policy. Therefore, nil these big
projects cannot bo accomplished" nt
once. One of the big things we have
on hand is tlio-putting of the highways
in order. This will take moie money
thou is in sight.
Hetter Streets Needed
"Sewer construction is another big
problem. The Mnyor is also particu
larly interested In the paving ot streets.
Ho will bend every effort toward making
progress in this direction and in con
nection with nil these improvements.
"As n mutter of fact, coutracts arc
being signed daily for work on the high
ways and sewers'. This is highly im
portant becuusc it helps to further
building operations which, of course,
will relieve tho housing congestion.
CATCH FALUNG FIRJlVIAlil
Human Net Saves Man Dropping
Four Stories
Louisville, H.v.. May L'l (!" A.
I'.lWhlle giving " exhibition to
student firemen here yesterday Henry
Walton, ii fireman, slipped nnd fell four
stories to be. cmigiit by tlnee firemen
who were standing on the ground. He
was not seriously iiijuied.
Walton was being pilled fiom one
window to another by two other fire
men when he fell. A cry from spectators
attracted Firemen Richard Murray,
Jacob Sieger and .Tunics Underwood,
who by speedy action were ublc to
lock their urinx u few second before
Walton crashed into them. The rescuers
went down under the Impact, but rc
iclvcd only slight injuries.
A Wife-Made
Man
Joe Lanier is nn idealist and a
money-maker.
A woman eand-bagged the
first part of him and made the
second part work double turn.
Then another woman awakens
the better port of him.
HIS SECOND
WIFE
It is a corking good story by
Ernest Poole.
Ho is a clenr thinker and a
clever writer.
The, story begins on Monday
next in the
Aliening Public fllcuscr
ICE CREAM
A
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Robert McCay Green Originated
Famous Drink at Exposition
Here in 1874
HUNDREDS CROWDED STAND
The mnn who in"cntcd ice cream sodn
hos just died in this city. Ho is Robert
McCay Green, who for years was in
the business ot manufacturing sodn
fountains.
The drink that has delighted mil
lions throughout the country, nnd has
even become popular abroad, was in
vented by Mr. Green in 1874.
As Mr. Green often told the story,
which is supported by documentary
proof, he had arranged to exhibit a
soda fountain made by a New York
manufacturer for whom he was the
agent, nt the Franklin Institute exposi
tion, but found that he could not ob
tain the apparatus for the exhibition
He had a small sccond-hnnd foun
tain of his which he decided to use.
and erected this in the space allotted
mm. a much larger und liner foun
tain was put up py a rival In a booth
4earby." Mr.tfGveet'-dfecfdcdV that Irh
only' recourse 'woulilrbe" to1 invent some
novel drink. The idea came to him of
mixing ice cream -with tho soda, nnd
mis nc am. .
So popular did the new "Ice Cream
Soda." as he christened the new drink.
become, that before the exposition closed
lie wns taking in SL'OO a day, and peopls
were crowning n uozea deep uround bis
touutain tor n taste' of the navr drink.
SPROUL NOT SEEKING VOTE
Only Wants to Help Delegation Pick
Right Man, He Says
Governor Sproul said today he is not
angling tor a "favorite son vote from
the Pennsylvania delegation at the Chi
cago conventiou.
Senntor Penrose asserted ycstcidoy no
arrangements had been made to endorse
tlio governor for the Republican presi
dential nomination.
"I don't care whether or not the dele
gation gives a complimentary vote to n
'favorite son,' the Governor declared,
commenting on the senator's statement.
Tin; stnte cxmitlvo added his posi
tion lias been that he is not n candi
date. His principal interest, lie said,
is iu seeing that the Pennsylvania dele
gation plays an important part at Chi
cago and that it helps in the ndoption
of n wise and sane platform. ..
Senaior Penrose yesterday said,
"There is a very strong sentiment in the
delegation for Governor Sproul and there
tinvc been very strong expressions for
Senator Knox."
TWELFTH RAINY FRIDAY'
Jinx Running Strong In Weather
Contest
Fridav again and more rain the
twelfth in succession.
The jinx contiuues to run strong in
tin weather contest Shortly after 8
o'clock, however, the skies cleared.
Generally fair is the forecast,
Tomorrow the weather man says the
weather will be folr.
GERMANYJEADYJO AGREE
Will Demand End of Chaos Before
Deciding War Indemnity
Manchester, Hue. Muy 21. f,H.v A
P.) Writing on the forthcoming eon
fereuco nt Sua with Germany, the Rer
ihi correspondent of the Manchester
Guuvdian says: .
"I nm assured on er.v high authority
that Germany is potentially in a posi
tion to put forwnrd n reparation esti
mntn Hint ought not to fall short of In.
telllgent and reasnnnblo allied demuuds,
but it will be expressly pointed out thnt
thn nil in I n ir of a figure must be mnili.
dependent upon tho restoration of the
l'.uropenn economic inaciiinc to some
thine like working order.
"Tiie present ennos renders any
icasounoie cuuvrrsuuuii iinponsiou!.
EXPLOSION KILLS THREE
Others Believed Injured While Shoot
ing Oil Wells
Slslcmllle, V. Vn., May 1M. (Rv
A. P.) Three men ure kunwn to have
been killed and a number of others arc
believed to have been injured by the
e.plosion of a quantity ot nitroglycer
ine near here today.
The dend men were employed bv n
torpedo company cnguged in shooting
oil wells. Their nnmea are given as Guy
Porter, Hess nenver aim iiarry Uutt
ney. When ou tlilnlt of writlnc,
tlilnk of WIUtlA'a. JLiv.
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MOREUSTEDTOGO
Wagner Swings Ax in Water
and Highway Buroaus for
Political Activity
"WORK OR GET OUT NOW,"
IS WORD TO EMPLOYES
Report of Committee of Seventy
Expected to Result in Many
Dismissals
Dismissal today of twenty-one men
from various branches of the Dcpart
nient of Public Works wan announced
oy Joseph C. Wagner, nssistant direc
tor of the department.
This action is in keeping with the
policy of tho present city administration
thnt employes who neglect their work
or who participate in politics must bo
dispensed with.
Absence from their work on primary
election day nnd general political ac
tivity caused tho discharges.
in announcing the dismissals Mr.
Wagner said that eight w6re dropped
from tho Burenu of Highways nnd thir
teen from tho Rureau of Wntcr.
Investigation into the political activ
ity of scores of other cltv cmnlovcs Is
now being made by the Committee of
acventy.
When Its renorts hnve been received
it is predicted at City Hall that many
more dismissals will follow. These, It
is said, will also be from tho Depart
incut of Public Works.
Two inspectors of the Bureau of
Street Cleaning presented their reslgna
tlons to Mr. Waener. They arc Man
nlng J. Rutler, 14'JO Mount Vernon
street, nnd Kdmond Saschctt, 1021
South Eleventh street.
Mr. Wngncr announced the following
appointments:
Joseph Miller. 2317 West Clearfield
street, drawbridge tender, Rureau of
Highways, .$1440 n year; Louis I.
Hamilton, 1407 North Seventeenth,
street, transit man, Burenu of Sur
veys, JJl.'iCO u jear; Miss Sallle Moore,
filllS,. I.arcliwood avenue, executive
clerl- J Burenu of Water.
DAILY PAPER FOR HOOVER
"Herald" to Be Issued During Chi
cago Convention
Chicago. May 21. (By A. P.i The
Hoover Herald will be published daily
during the Kepublican national con
vention in Chicago next month in the
interabts of the presidential campaign
of Herbert Hoover, it wns announced
today.
A number ofnromincnt writers nnd
cartoonists will bo members of the stilT,
it iiua DIUll'U. . .
RAILROADS TO HAVE DAY
Companies Will Recommend Various
Changes in Wage Schedules
Chicago. May 21. (By A,'P.).
Presentation of the railroad's side of
the wage controversy being Investigated
by the Railroad Labor Board is ex
pected to last all of next week.
Among tho more important changes
in railroad pay recommended by K. T.
Whiter, chnlrmnu of the conference
board of railroad managers, is the re
cstnbllshmcnt of higher, pay for night
workers, discontinued under federal
railroad legislation last year. It is be
coming increasingly difficult to hold the
more capable nnd experienced men on
night work without higher pay, Mr.
Whiter said.
He estimated that It cost the rnilrond
nearly $7,000,000 for the luuch time
periods of yard employes because the
twenty minutes nllitted by the ruilroads
was tnken by various groups at any time
within one nud one-half hours, virtually
halting service for the entire period.
McNABB "IMMOVABLE"
Against Suffrage, He Says, as Long
as He la Legislator
Dover, Del., May 21. Representa
tive J. E. McNabb arose on n point
of pcrspnnl privilege this morning nnd
repudiated publicly n statement attri
buted to hiin, that he favored suffrage
for Delaware women, but did not wish
by his vote to impose it upon women
of other states.
"For the last time." lie declared, "ns
long as I nm a member of the House
of Representatives regardless of the no
tiou of any mnu or body of men. Mc
Nabb will vote 'No' on the suffrage
amendment.
"Any statement to the contrary is
manufactured out of the whole cloth,
and I arise in protest. McNabb, Is im
movable, I've withstood a lor of pres
sure from men with honest convictions
but I will never change."
AIRMEN SEEK FEDERAL AID
Drive to Influence Congress Urged
by General Evans
Atlantic City. Muy 21. Federal and
stnte uld for aviation wns urged at to
day's session of the Pnu-Amcricaii
aeronautical congress here by Hrigndier
General Robert .Iv Kvnns. United Stutes
if America, nnd resolutions to that cud
were adopted.
"America is far behind in aviation."
declared General Kvuns. "We must
have iccognitlou nnd It must he through
the government. By n concerted cam
paign curried out uystcmutically from
the lccognlzed aero clubs us centers,
the proper pressure would soon develop
that will compel Congress to sec the
light and put over u real aviation
program.
"We should go further demnnd of
every presidential cuudiihitc that he
plas.- himself squarely on record for or
iignlust an aeronautical plank."
Have the LEDGERS
Follow You
When leaving the city hnve
the Ledgers mailed to your
new address. Telephone or
write
CIRCULATION DEPT.
PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY
WBll& " ,'-r'K hi,
wmf iWW $lv i
Wit mPSFIS K '"' K
HOIUCUT M. GREEN
THIEVES BURN STATION
Empty Money Bags Found at Sten
ton Building
Robbers seeking to cover evidence of
their crlmo nro believed to have set fire
to the Stcnton station of the Phlladel
phia and ncading Hallway, at Dorset
and Spraguc streets, in Gcrmantown,
early this morning.
Empty money bags were found on tho
floor of tho ticket office after the fire
had been extinguished.
Tho tiro was discovered by nearby
residents in time to save the stution and
prevent the obliteration of evidence that
the ticket oflico hud been robbed.
Tho fire, which began in n closet In
the basement, burned through to the
first floor, destroyed u lurge number of
tickets, disabled the signal sjstcm and
jiut tho telephones out of order.
A similar robbery and file was re
ported n week ago from the AVlstcr
station of the Heading llailway.
HERE'S JOB F0RS0l0M0N
Man Has House, but No Lot Friend
Has Lot, but No House
A permanent Injunction decree handed
down in the Chancery Court in Camden
today has i it Howard Yearsley, of
Haddoulleld, in u dilemma.
Yearsley had a house on the main
street of Haddonfield. Not long ngo
he had a chance to sell it toi man
who owned n lot three squares away.
The lot on which Ycarslcy's house was
built he sold to nnother individual, who
wanted to build a motion-picture house
there. The orieinal owner planned to
hove the house to his friend's vacant lot
nnd Hired William tiynn aim irauK
Heater to do the job.
Tho borough of Haddonfield objected.
It didn't like the idea of the lot being
vacated nnd it didn't want the fine old
shade trees nearby damaged by the
moving of the bouse. Ho it sougut an
injunction.
Vice Chancellor Learning granted the
permanent injunqtlont-w today,,. Now
Yearsley' fiuds' himself 'with a house but
nn jot; ills menu nns n jot out uo
house, and tho buyer ot icarsicys lot
bus u movie house all ready to .build
and a lot bought to build it on, but
can t get to It because it is occupied al
ready. TENOOMS FOR PENROSE
.Senator Engages Large Apartment
for Chicago Convention
A ten-room apartment has been en ,
gaged at Chicago as headquarters for i
Senntor Penrose during the Republlcun
national convention. The npartmeut is i
nenr the Coliseum where the G. O. P. ,
delegates will assemble.
Senator Penrose has arranged to leave i
for Chicago .Tune 2, in his private cai. I
The convention opens June 8. i
TO RUSH SOLDIER RELIEF
Fordney Plana to Have Bonus Bill
Before House Tomorrow
Washington. May 21. (Br A. P. i -
With soldier relief legislation facing it1
Inst obstacle before consideration bj
tho House, Chairman I-ordncy. of the
ways nnu means ion mmcc, touay pian-,
ncu to oDtain icgisintive preference i
tln-nnirli thn rnlim rnrntnlttro tnr AnneM.
cratlon of the bill reported yestcrdav having exceeded its power in going out
after n lengthy committee wrangle. Ap-' s''l' tl11' original controvci-. over nuvnl
proval by tho rules committee would I war decorations.
It. Ii .1 .0 a, . ... H-li., ...itnm llfln Alt llntiif.ld tnlit
permit, voasiuerauau oi inc uui tomor-
row under provisions limiting debate nairmnu nun-, nun gm-ii nuimuu
to four hours and only one amendment.' '"ls mi opportunity to make un os
a motion to adopt a substitute or com- tentntlous presentation of hi charges
promise plan, Republican leaders siild, ' hn it required him to produce his
would be In order. ! letter of criticism.
The final bill carries n nrovision for
a 10 per cent stock dividend tax retro
active to March 15, which was inserted
after approval by tho Republican cau
cus this week. Resides tho Btock divi
dend tax, the provisions include Increas
ed taxes on tooneco and incomes, real
estate sales nnd stock and grain trans
actions in futures.
COAL REGION PRICES DROP
Too Late to Affect Demands of Mine
Workers
PottM'ille, Pa.. May 21. All the
leading commodity stores of this part
of the coal region, exclusive of food
stuffs, placed the entire conteuts of
.their establishments on the market to
day at 20 per cent reduction.
This nctlon might hnvu hud a marked
effect nn the wnge demands of the
Vnlted Mine Workers, particularly if
the reduction should etenil to food,
had it come earlier. Rut lenders de
clare it is too late now to affect the
new wage scale.
ERIE GROWS 40.4'PER CENT
Pennsylvania Lake Port Not Helped
by Annexation
Washington, May 21. (Ry A. p.) I
i cuhuh iiKurt's iuiuiiniicii loutiv are
Krie, Pa,, 0.1,..72; increase, 20,847, or
iO.-I per cent: Bristol, Conn., 20,020;
Ilopkinsvllle, Ky., 1)000; La Grange
Ga 17,0:)8; Traverse City. Mich., 10 -'
025; Redding, Calif., 2012, decrease
000. or 18.4 per cent.
Krie's population us announced does
not Include u part of Mill Creek town
ship annexed last April 1ft, tho popula
tion of which is 8721, and which would
make Krle's population ns of thnt date
102,00ft.
hkdioatinoi aiu.inoton miuioriai.
rteautlful and ImDreMv ceremonlm on
lust, Saturday pictured In tho Pictorial
Bei-tjon, ot nixt bunday'a rcnuo Lsuoia.
Liberty bonds will como back to par,
George W. Norris, governor of the
Federal Reserve Bnnk, asserted here to
day. He would not forecast when they
would reacli par, he said, but predicted
Victory notes would be at par within
four years.
"There is no doubt that Liberty bonds
will come back to par," Mr. Norris
said. "No sensible person makes pre
dictions as to the future price of securi
ties. Liberty bonds may go still lower,
but there Is no possible doubt that every
one who has them should hold on to
them, and that every one who can buy
them ought to do It.
"If Liberty bonds dojto lower, buy
more. Let every investor, large or
smajl, buy as many as he can pay for
and keep them until they get back to
par."
Mr. Norris said the market value of
Liberty bonds declined for two reasons.
"First," he said, "because they were
what bond brokers call 'badly placed.'
A bond Is never really sold until it is
sold to nn investor who pays for it
and puts it iu his box. Until thnt hap
pens the bond Is still for sale. No
matter how many times it changes
hands it is simply a transfer from one
person who is trying to sell it to nnother
who intends to sell it. Liberty llonds
had to be sold that way because there
was not enough investment capital in
the country to iibsoib ihcin as they were
issued.
"The MHjond rea-uti fur the decline,"
he continued, "is thnt slneff they were
issued interest rates have gone up and
X
REPORTED ONE DEAD, SEVERAL HURlS&Si
IN RIOT AT
A ncgio is teportcH to have bceu shot to (loath nnd seveinl
were hurt in a riot at Twenty-seventh and Annln streets near
Tventy-seventh and Federal, at 1 o'clock this afternoon. Half
a dozen injured were rushed to the Polyclinic Hospital in motor
tiucks. Patrolmen from Central Station were sent to the scene
of the jlota-swelL.ns-thejpntlre details on reserve duty at th
Twentieth and Tederal and Twentieth and Fitzwater street!
station. The cause of the riot has not been learned.
! DANIELS, GRILLED, i DEMOCRATS GRANT
TURNS ON PROBERS! HONORS TO WOMEN
Accuses Senate Committee ofi.oloot Fmtr Pominina rnlnvnac
bxceedlllg Its AUtllOritV in
Sims Controversy
DENIES CASE IS IMPERSONAL
Hy tlio Associated Press
Washington. Ma 21. Secretary
Daniels today accused the Senate sub
committee investigating Hear Admiral
s,n . ..,,.. .... ,.. Nnvy Dp.
, , , ..i
PUttlllCIltS conduct of the Will- With
"" ........... . -, --.-
The secretary was io oe cross -ex-
nmuied on his direct testimony, con
cluded yesterday. After Chairman Hule
had stated that Admiral Sims's criti
cisms were impersonal nnd aimed at
"sponsible heads" und not at the
nnvy us u whole. Mr. Daniels turned
the tnblcs on the senntor nnd questioned
Mr. Hule regarding fentures of the Sims
littei. He' chiillcnged the chairman to
nhow by rending from the letter thnt
it leferrcd, us Mr. Hale had suid, to
the first few months of the war.
Iu leply the chairman read from the
Sims letter and testimony nt great
length, but Mr. Daniels insisted that
nothing had been rend showing thnt
the admiral confined his charges to the
fiist few uioiitlu.
Secietarv Daniels dei lined Admiral
Sims hud chin gcd Admiral Renson, chief
of uuwil operations, with lacking the
"will to win " Senator Hnle leplicd
the chin go iis mil diiected nt Hen
son, but ut the mini who had the final
rcfcponsiliilit
Who do j on mean.' ns-Ued Secrc-
tary Daniel-.
lie rcieiTcu liiiiiiccuj- in me ciiict"wn, ui'icuiiiiiik iiiciii into me puitj. i
of naval operations und diiectly to th
secrctnry of the nnvj," replied the
chairman.
"And in wew of that, jou still main
tain thnt tnere were no iierhouulities
ill. the Sims letter?" asked the tecrc-
In.i.
..y,.,. ti,Ht wasn't a chaise, it was
u criticism." Mr. Hale snid.
"If Admiral Sims thought, when he
left the I'lilted States, thnt Admiral
Rfiipnu lacked the will to win. ho
should have so notified President Wil
son," Mr. Daniels retorted.
$5000 for Husband's Death
Mrs. Lulu Jones, whose husband,
David Jones, was killed several months
ago, was awarded .f.lOOO daninges in
Judge Katcs's court in Camden today
against the Public Servico Corporation
of New Jersey. Jones was driving u
team when he wns struck mid killed on
Federal street by one of the corporation
cars.
Liberty llonds have been In competition
with high grade securities which for
merly paid ii per cent nnd now pay 7
per cent."
The Victory Notes which Mr. Norris
predicted would reach par within four
years are the short-term securities the
government issued nftcr the nrmistice.
LOAN TO MEXICO si?RGED
Phlladelphlan at Conference Fears
Results of Revolution
Worcester, .Mass., May 21. (By A
P.) An immediate loan to Mexico was
advocated by Dr. I. J. Cox, professor
of history at Northwestern University,
at the Clark University conference on
".Mexico nnd the Caribbean" touay.
Doctor Cox, who was a niombcr of the
commission of 1018 to study conditions
throughout Mexico, said the problem
there wns one of self-help or self-destruction,
Francis It. Taylor, of Philadelphia,
chairman of the recent commission to
visit Friends' missions in Mexico, found
the lack of cducationnl facilities nnd of
popular thrift very serious. Ho had
little faith in the present revolution so
far as it promised any improvement in
conditions.
MUST PLEASE THE LADIES
Englishwomen Permitted to Smoke
to Keep Tempers Sweet
Eton. England, May 21. (Ry A.
P.) Women members of the rurnl dis
trict council, It is announced, arc to be
permitted to smoke "to keep thqm in
good humor, to expedite business and
ns an antidote to n badly ventilated
room."
T R A
27D AND FEDERAL
' &
and Alternates to One DV
J
ReDublicans
MOVE DISTURBS
I
jty CLINTON W. GIMIKKT
staff Correspondent of the r.ieninie fulillc
I. nicer
Washington, May 21. Oliairmnn
Will II. Hays lias started n little nuiet
inquiry to find out how his Republican
rf!lti.,o n.. 1 l.n ... 1 n .....
to let the Democrats steal n march
upon them in sending women delegates
.- ii. .. . n ..
iu inc nmionai convention.
Delcaates und nlternntes tncptlior. the
Democrats are choosing four women for
San Frnnoifco to every one the Republi
cans scud to Chicago, nnd the propor
tion is n little more favorable to the
Democrats In tho new suffrage stutes of
the Knst nnd Midwest.
Mr Huj-s'h composiuc was especially
disturbed when whut the Republicans
did in Indiana became known iu Wash
ington. There are thirty delegates from
Indiana. Indiana plays politics a little
closer to the chest than unv other state
nnd jet there is nary a woman got one of
the thirty prizes in Indiana.
iiiiuiis me iiiieriiuK.' delegates the
Indiana Republicans nnmid eieht
women. Reing an alternate delegate is
like winning the consolation prize nt
un miction bridge party. Sending
women as alternates lends point to the
lemnrk of the bitter feminists iinimig
jue voters innr woman in politics be
lungs io me --mines uimiinrj."
Ilnjs Appeals to Women '
The Democratic list from liidinnn i
not available here, but it is knowu to1
contain women delegates ns well usi
nltei-niites Ami tlil uu f 'lint...,,.!..
Hays's own stnte mid Mr. Ilnvs has
iceii winiill.g the ladles right and left us
, if he hud a private blarney Mom- of hi
rejoicing over what this new uceevsjon
of enei-gj nud intelligence meant to
politics.
The chairman nnd Ills friends mo
studjiiig whnt can be done about it.
More thnii hulf the Republican ilelo
gates, u little moie than ."00, in fnct.
have been chosen, mul m the list of
these V)0 recehed ut Republican .,id-
quarters in Washington me found only
.on, ii .lumw, n .......,- .ii ui'ii'Kuii'H
and nine v -three as a termite. IVWCP
Democratic delegates hnc been clmui.ti
or reported to Washington. Of tlio ,'iOS
delegnte names so far received here,
forty are women und the Democrats
hnve chosen ulso eighty -six alternates,
Tho Itcpublicaiih got their warning
ns to what the Democrats were doing
to muke the women nt mime in politics
when the New York Democrats held
their stato convention early in April.
The Democrats of New York arc ii
haul boiled lot. Tniiinmny dnmlnutes
Continued on I'aso To, Column Mx
Buyers Refuse to Purchase New
Stocks Until Big Dealers
Join Movement
RECOVERY ON NEW YORK '
STOCK MARKET TODAY
Railroads Are Permitted to Use
$300,000,000 Fund to Buy
New Cars
Stores are demanding price reductions
by wholesalers. .
Wave of price-cutting on wearing ap-.
pnrel has spread to every important
city.
Buying of Liberty Hands and Victory
Notes has strengthened the mnrker.
Revolving fund of ,$300,000,000 put at
disposal of rnllronds for new equip
ment by Interstate Commerce Com
mission. By the Associated Press
New York, May 21. The price -cutting
movement today reached some
wholesalers when managers and buyers
of prominent department stores an
nounced their establishments would re
fuse to purchase from jobbers until sub
stantinl reductions were made. The
department stores, whicii claim to offer
reductions from 15 to 50 per cent, now
demand that wholesalers malsc conces
sions to them.
An official of one of the largest de
partment stores, with branches in six
cities, said: "We are not buying fu
ture stock now and will not until man
ufacturers and wholesalers como down
with thcir prices. Normally we buy
5750.000 of furs on our Initial purchase.
So far we have refused to purchase a
single piece." Similar statements were
made by officials of other stores.
Some representative wholesalers ot
wearing apparel declared they believed
the price-cutting movement throughout
the country to be artificial and un
economic, asserting thnt it has stimu-
uuiiiiu 10 riiine
Meanwhile local merchnnts in lines
other than foodstuff continued to ad
vertise reductions. The first' reduction
in food wns announced yesterday when
one of the largest cabarets and restau
rants in the city stated it hnd cut all
items on its menu SO per cent.
Heavy buying of Liberty bonds and
Victory notes today resulted In many
substantial recoveries for those issues
from recent low records caused by the
bankers' war on high prices. This af-'
fected tho whole market, qnd there were
gains of from 1 to ft points.
tiiueny second 4s rose .to sz.t,
advance ot J.sas.firsMVisatTWWif
a rfffrtn nttW hnlHrA Alttrnl AT.Rfl i
?1.40; third AYts at 87.'lfl gained jilSO'Wi
nnu lourtn 4i at !S4.;u were strong
est of all nt a gala of $2..10.
Victory .TJis rose 0(1 cents to 05.60,
and the 4i!i gained $1.20 at 05.00.
Dealings in these issues up to 11 o'clock:
approximated ?8,.ri00,000 par value.
I Henry P. Davison, of J. P. Morgstttj i
c vo., louny wun mjuiiuchuuu vu trjitu'r
before the joint legislative committee In
I vestigatlng profiteering. Ills oplnionoa .
' the causes of discontent over the present"
economic situation will be sought.-
Washington. May 21. (By A. P.)
Tin. n-nvn of nrlco reductions in'wear-V
i ne uppnrcl which has spread to every
important city, is due largely, to public
i withdrawal from the market.nnd 'to the
Investigation conducted by the Depart-
,- nr liiatlpp. in till nmninn nr.A-
siitant Attorney General Garvan. While
imrN'he said he did not believe the depart--HAY
o' ment "deserved too much of the credit,"
I Mr. Gnrvan refused to Indorse claims
of merchants tnnt tney were actuatea
solely bv patriotic motives.
"That stuff is purest buncombe," .Mr. c
Garvan srid. "There arp three things
responsible for this clamor of merchants
to get on me uiinu ivupm oi jailing
prices: the market has broken and a
I 0t of people saw indictments 'for
1 i-n-nfltonrillff COminC.
The action of the T edernl R7J'
Board toward liquida ing long-tmn
' ..cwl n ..nm-r mirnlilM inprrlmnflisft '
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stock Mr. Garvan said lie bellcycd
ul.,o had been very beneficial.
Protests against charges of profiteer
ing being lodged ngalnst the meat pack-,
ing industry were presented to VIcjj
President Marshall and Speaker Gil
lette today by sixty firms styling them'
selves the "independents." The signers
of the protest offered to prove to Con
gress and the public that average profits
nre less than two cents on the dollar
and thnt packers' profits represent less'
than five cents on the meat bill of an
average family.
Charges of profiteering, the protest
nnts declared, have injured the meat
tmcklnc Industry, the farmer and the
lhestock producer.
Atlantic Oily, May 21 . Necessity
j for co-operation between, American
bankers and the treasury department to"
protect the holders of UOcrty iionus.
to make America a nation of capital
ists thiough elimination of extravagance
Continued on Tatn Two. Column Tm
SEIZE 32500 POUNDS SUGAR
-.j.i a . a- .- n, ...... o.
rcuc'" "-"" "' " ""' '-"
fuses to Buy Sweetening
rrenton. May 21. (Ry A. PJ De-
i nnrtmeut of Justice agents today sclrcd'
:t2..100 noiinds of sugur stored In the
rear of one of the Federal bakery stores
' . .. ... ...
here.
Owners of the bakery declared they
had refused to accept delhcry of tlip
sugur und declined to pay for it becaute
. .....u Lrti.l I....... ,iw ll.i, ,a,ilt it nllAn.l
Ltuptd buying bv their Treuton man ,
,.,.',., Huiner Winfield. who has been'
nriested and Held in Mumi nail on the
rlmrK,, ,jf cuboswlcnent preferred by the
auditor of the complin. Investigation
of this charge led to the discovery of
the Migar.
The local concern declined Winfield
had ordered the sugar at nn ndvauco of
six cents a pound over the price ap
which it could be purchased clKwhcret
nnd that Henry M. Bloch, of Newark,
who supplied the sugar, has been notified
to remove it.
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